1927 ] 
New Species of Scatophagidce 
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black, the base of the third joint yellowish, basal half of the arista 
thickened, proboscis black, palpi white, slender. Thorax and 
abdomen black, covered with a grayish pollen, hairs black, lower 
part of the pleura with long white hairs, scutellum bearing two 
bristles. Legs yellow, the anterior femora with a row of five 
bristles on the anterior surface. Costa and all the veins to and 
including the fourth, together with that portion of the wing 
brown, the posterior portion of the wing hyaline and the veins 
light yellow, Squama? and halteres light yellow. Length 4 mm. 
Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Me., June 27, 1922. Holotype in 
the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. 
Amaiirosoma acuticornis (Loew). 
Cordylura acuticornis Loew, Cent. IX, 94, 1869. 
Specimens agreeing with the type have been collected by the 
writer at Jaffrey, N. H., May 14-20, and June 3; also at Rutland, 
Mass. June 5. Mr. S. A. Shaw has taken the species at Hamp- 
ton, N. H., May 12 and 18. 
Orthacheta Becker. (Orthochceta as amended). 
This genus has three sternopleural bristles, the first vein 
bristly on the outer half,. hairs of the arista short, scutellum with 
four bristles. The following is a table of the New England 
species, based on the males, with the exception of 0. strigipes 
based on a female from Colorado. 
Table of species. 
1. Front black, middle and hind coxae black, abdomen sub- 
shining with a slight bluish gray pollen . . dissimilis Mall. 
Front partly yellow, all the coxae wholly or partly yellow, 
abdomen with a dull gray pollen 2. 
2. Wings and veins brown except at the base, lower third of the 
front yellow brunneipennis sp. nov... 
Wings and veins yellow, front yellow, the upper third black 3. 
3. Coxae of the middle and hind legs dark, a stripe on the post 
erior side of the front and middle femora black. .......... 
strigipes sp. nov 
